License or not, the real issue about spending a couple-three weeks to get a good education, it is needed as expertise in other areas and logic just won't cut it entirely in RE.

Seen this many times, what you earn is based on your expertise and how much you facilitate the deal, and you'll need to justify any fee.

Many For Sale By Owner properties end up getting listed by a Realtor or Agent since most FSBO's do not have any expertise in marketing their properties to get their asking price.  

I wanted to see if I could leverage local expertise / investors to better educate myself with where there is a balance of high relative tenant quality / neighborhoods with good cash flow as well.  

The only thing you have to decide is what area of real estate you want to invest in, then find somebody who is working in that area of expertise who lives close to you.  

Not only that but certain teams can increase your ROI simply by their expertise of screening/placing tenants. 

I'm looking for an agent that has the expertise to evaluate the property and determine what repairs and clean up are required, the estimated costs for that and then be willing to oversee the work and then to list/sell the property for me. 

It's very tough work and requires expertise in many different areas, but it's key to generating maximum equity and returns.I'm a husband to an amazing wife, father to 4 little boys, and enjoy mountain biking, trail running and backpacking, and volunteering at church.Am really looking forward to getting plugged in here.

Develop your experience that leads to expertise in the industry, again not so much in some niche aspect of an industry.

If there is anything outside of my expertise or someone else can offer a warranty, I hire out.